I’ve just discovered Jamie Ridler, a “professional creative living coach” who offers thought-provoking and spirit-based insights about authentic living and creativity. Every Wednesday she offers readers the opportunity to make a wish and share it with others. Her wish prompt today is:
What do you wish for your health?
This is an important question for anyone trying, as I am, to connect with my truest self and live my healthiest life, both physically and spiritually. As I am finding with fascinating regularity, the different kinds of important life connections are…drum roll… ALL CONNECTED!
So I’m stepping out in faith that my very personal wish for my own health will inspire you to identify your own wish for your health. That is the first step in making a wish come true.
I wish for healthier eating habits and a stronger ability to “listen” to what my body is telling me about what it needs and wants. I am at least 25 pounds overweight, and even when I cut calories, I need to do it in as healthy a way as possible. No surprises, just the need to pay more attention and remember that I am worthy of the effort to take care of myself. I have a track record for getting distracted from all the diets and programs, even the good ones.
Baby steps to make my wish come true:
Just today, instead of heading into the kitchen and pulling out whatever I find first to prepare a meal, I’ll take just a few seconds to breathe deeply and think about what my body might be telling me about what (and how much) it really needs. Just the pause will help to break the habit of thoughtless eating.
So what do you wish for YOUR health? Please share below.
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Why does God make us wait?
What a beautiful gift to give yourself….listening to your body. It is a wise teacher. As you wish for yourself, so I wish for you as well.
Thanks for the reminder to listen to my body! As you wish for yourself, I wish for you, too, for the greatest good for all.
All those connections…the tiny energetic webs that link everything together. I know for myself I tend to head to the frig when I’m upset, bored or reading. Yes, somehow I’ve tied reading and eating together!! (At least, when I am at home).
Nice wish you have there! 🙂
As you wish for yourself, I wish for you as well!
Oh yes–all connected! I will take a cue from you and work on those pauses to tune in to my body, too. Thank you for that reminder!
As you wish for yourself, so I wish for you as well.
Thank you, Liz…yes, we often spend too much time resisting and not enough going with the flow. I lift up your own wish along with mine. The post on your blog was beautiful.
It is all connected, sometimes I resist this, then something happens to remind me. As you wish for yourself, I wish for you too.
Right after I posted this article, I came across another interesting one called “The Privilege of Eating Well” that discusses the farm-to-table movement and the efforts of many to ensure healthier eating: http://www.cofinteract.org/rephilanthropy/?p=2921.